1915-01-22; Clare Sentinel

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Official Paper
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Clare County,
The  Clare   Sentinel.
The Paper With a Mission
and
Without a Muzzle.
Established 1878
CLARE, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 22,  1915.
New Seiies: Vol. 23 No, 11
FARMERS' INSTITUTES
At Farwel! And Harrison A
Great Success.
URGE ATTENDANCE
And Much Enthusiasm Manifest-
Throughout.
The institute at Farwell   on Friday .
was a bummer   ami   a wonder in the
way   of   attendance.      Net only were i
all the peats in   Littletield   hnll   tilled
hut a lot more chair" brought in were
also   a.id   tli.:n   a   u'/.o ily   uuu.ber of
people were left standing.     We shall
certaimy   have  to   "get   a move on"
here   if    we   compete   successfully  in \
paint of nambfrs,    Conductor Brown
proved a good man for his place and :
those   placed   on   the   program were j
generally   oxi    hand     to    fulfill   their]
part.    The   music   was  excellent and I
centainly   the   people  of Farwell are I
to be congratulated on the   attention I
being given to music  in their school. |
The nx?ri ises opened with music |
by the Farwell band, the members ot |
which are quite largely high school |
students. Aa the party who was to
discuss tbe dairy cow was absent, I
Conductor Brown took up the subject, "Corn for northern Michigan,"
The time was when people thought
that only "Flint"' corn could be
raised in northern Michigan, indeed
the same idea was once held in reference to the "Corn Belt." Such corn
is not profitable to raise as it contains too much cob. Always get
northern grown seed. The siio has
greatly simplified the growing and
preservation of the corn crop. No
corn is too good for tbe silo. Ensilage is good for all kinds of farm
stock. tie tbougbt corn ' contests
among the boys an excellent thing.
Mr. Brown had some interesting
things to say about sand vetch and
its value in improving the soil. By-
its uee some of tbe poor, gravelly
spots on their farm had later produced at the rate of 52 bushels of
shelled corn per acre. Hogs will oo
better cr. vetch tht'.n on corn. In
answer to a question, Mr. Brown said
there is no trouble in exterminating
vetch. It is an annual and it is only
necessary to prevent its seeding the
one year.
He told of an experiment he once
tried on a gravelly soil with a crop
of clover. A small tract was divided
into plats of one square rod each and
a great variety of combinations made
in the use of farm yard manure and
the elements, nitrogen phoephonc
acid and potash. The grass was cut
by hand and that on each plat carefully weighed, and the greatest yield
found on the plat where there had
been applied manure, phosphoric acid,
potash aDd lime, this plat yielding 3>£
times as much as the one on which
no fertilizer had been applied.
In discussing corn growing, D. W.
Rowe   said   that   he   planted   on   a
clover sod with a liberal   application
of manure.     Use great care in selec- [
ting seed   and   cultivate   thoroughly. I
It is not difficult to raise a good corn !
crop in a good corn year, the trouble i
is to do it in a poor year.
Gustave     Gottschall     gave     "Old I
Black  Joe"   on   the   violin    and   responded   to   an   encore,   Mrs.   T.  V. I
Fuller accompanying on the piano.
Bean   Diseases   and   Their   Control i
was   tbe   topic   of L. M. Converse of |
Vernon.      Mr.    Converse   disclaimed j
any   pretense   of   expert    knowledge!
and **-aid    his    information    was   ob- !
tained   mainly   from   the   bulh-tin is- |
sued    by    the    Agricultnral    college.
The    two    diseases     now     attacking I
b'-ans,   both   ot   them  comparatively j
new     here,     an      anthracnose     and I
blight, the former a   fungus   disease, I
the latter bacterial.    Spraying seems j
K> be  useless   and   with   our   present I
knowledge,    tbe   cbief   th^t   can   be |
done is to exercise great care   in  tbe
•election  ot   seed.     Go   through tbe
field before harvesting and select absolutely healthy pods.      Wet weather
is favorable   to  tbe   development  of
disease.
Aa to the cultivation of the crop,
Mr. Converse stated tbat be plows in
tbe tall and works tbe ground thor-
eagh.'y In tbe spring. Tbe value of
tbe bean crop In this state now
amount* to about 10,000,000, so one
ean readily see that it is well worth
considering.
In discussing this subject W. O.
Poller said that elevator men are
only too glad to co-operate with
fanners lc producing better crop*.
He emphasized tbe Importance ot
good aeed as about tbe only thing
farmers ean do to lessen tbe danger
of loas from disease in   bean  raising.
Co«tia«c4 Oa Editorial rate
The Test of a Man.
The test   of   a   man  is  tbe   fight  be
makes,
The grit tbat he daily shows;
Th6 way be stands   on   his   feet and
takes
Fate's numerous bumps and blows.
A   coward  can   smile   when   there's
naught to fear—
When nothing his   progress   bars—
But it takes a man to   staad   up   and
cbeer
While some other fellow stars.
It isn't the victory after all.
But the flaht a brother makes.
I'he   ni;iii   who.   driven   a^-aicst    the
wall,
Swil stands n\   f-rrct ar-.d lakes
The blows of t ile with his head   held
high   -
Bleeding and bruised and pale-
Is the man who'll win in   the by-and-
by,
For he isn't afraid to fail.
It's the bumps you get and   tbe   jolts
you get,
And the shocks tbat   your   courago
stands —
The hours ot sorrow and vain reeret
The prv.e that escapes your hands-
Thai   te.it   your   mettie   ami   prove
your worth.
It isn't the blows you deal,
But the blows you take on   this   good
old earth
That show if your stuff is real.
BEAT STRONG ALMA TEAM.
Just Between You And Me.
Clare    Boys    Overcome
And  Finally   Win Out
To say tbat  tbe one-day Institutes
Lead i held in Farwell   aDd   Harrison   were
successful is potting   it  very   mildly.
At both  places  tbe attendance   was
People have somehow got the  idea I large,.th$ peaple interested   and  tbe
tbat    the    High   Hchooi   basket   bail ] discussions spirited.    The desire was
team ot last year wft  the   best   team I expressed both places that   an   insti- | comprising the townships   of   Green
that will ever   be   turned   out   in   the 'tote be held tbere next year. j wood,    Frost,   Summerfleld,     Hayes   For tomorrow we will b«
SUNDAY SCHOOL
Association
at    Harrison
Farwell.
and
At Harrison Jan. 11 was   organized
a Sunday School District Association,
Salutation.
BY    RUTH 8TEKRY.
Oid you choose tbe   journey,   friend?
No, nor I;
But to make it cheerfully,
Let us try.
When tbe day is dark, I pray.
Sing a song to cbeer the way,
ELECTRICJLIGHT
Question Deeply Interesting
Citizens.
MUNICIPAL PLANT
:29th       Plan   to   attend   all     sessions   Weatherhead, Harrison;  Sec.-Treas.,
both dsys.    Many  find it a good plan
to brii.g a notebook and pe"fii  to jot
down some of th- id'-.-i-1 ::iv   n   out tor
:'  i« almost   irepos   i'ne   !->    renember
all we can get- out of t'.U'M-   meetings.
Briii^ tbe v    ..!•• f i ■■'.".■
W. H.  Kennedy, Pres.
SECOND NUM8ER
Of
Entertainment     Course
Great   Success.
Big Odd Fellow  Meeting.
The locsi I. O. O. F. lodge is to be
the host at a big gathering of the
triple-link fraternity of this vicinity
on Thursday evening, February 4th.
I'he lodges invited to participate in
tbe event are as follows: No. 210
Farwell, No. 345 Harrison and No.
38s Coleman.
Grand Master Myles F. Gray and
Grand Secretary Fred A. Rodgers are
conuueting a state-wide campaign
among the iedges of Michigan with
the two-fold mission of promoting
great enthusiasm among tho rank
and tile of the members and more
elhci^ucy and uniformity in the conduct of iooge affairs.
I'he meeting is to be a ''get to-
ge;her"" proposition and it is to be
coped that every Odd Fellow in this
vicinity will make it a point to he
present. The evening's program will
be both entertaining and instructive
and some features of it will be of
special interest to all.
Tbe Grand Officers are good fellows
to meet and they want it understood
tbat they are not coming to these
meetings as critics, but will be loaded with hints and suggestions that
will be helpful to all. Matte a note
of the date and "forget it not."
local schools. Hut it fbis year's
bunch insists' os improving right
along* its a little hard- to say what
WH.may think by ti.-' lime the sun
gets up above the bo  ,/..;:• aga.n.
Friday night tfcey ii ; the impossible, almost, oy coming tr >m behind
several times when lb- game sefmeii
lot, tiehig the so.re, ;md when it
etuie to overtime, played like demons i.>r more than twenty nruutcs,
at last putting the half through for
the winning points. And tiie crowd
did its share, too, exhibiting all the
insaiii'y symptoms of an Italian bandmaster urging, pleading, begging, j
threatening, and cajoling, as the game j
progressed, which shows that
the boys are kind-hearted lads who
would rather win than to have folks
go home  disappointed.
That's about all.    Tin- score wss -is
to -•">,  wnich   is   good   enough   under
the circumstance's.    It stood s to s at
th>' end of the first h:dt.   from   which
the more   intelligent   of  our   readers
will reason that   tbe  remainder   was
made in the second   half.      And   that
,,   .i    „-,. .„ ' think we shall be safe in saving   that
is approxur.atly correct.    Loth   sides
were penalized as often as the referees whistle could be heard, Alma profiting most in this way through   more
All is now in readiness and waiting: and   Sonb   Hatton.    Tbe    following
for the county Institute the   2l'.h and   0fflcers    were  elected:   President   F.
Aga>in we feel like ct ugratniating
the pupils of our schools on the continued success of their course. To
he sure financial success was assured
even before the tirst number was
h id, but ail will li» glad to have a
nice little surplus at the   closQ.
The "Olympia Ladies Quartette,''
: was greeted by a full bou = e on Wednesday evening, a considerable number   being   from   the   country,       We
Peter Oman; Vice Precidents, Kdi'a
Stoddard, Summerfieid, Mrs. (' H.
P:ige, Frost; Mrs. Thomas Ritter,
Greenwood: K»v. A. F. light, Hayes:
Arthur Sharland, North  Hanou;
Abui in1 disiric! organization, comprising the townships ot Cartield,
Surry and C:lmore, has existed for
several y*-nrs. Their association was
held a1 Far,' _■'.: on ibe 12; h iiwt with
the following officers elected: President, T E. Fair: Nice President,
M. L. McAlvey; Sec. and Treas ,
Lena Finch; Musical Director, Mrs.
T.   U.    Fuller:
One day nearer to tbe sea.
Did jou choose tbe  journey,   friend'.'
No, nor I;
Hut we know tbe end will came
Ky and by.
All U'dH.s  v.Tt> ii- :i- the load,
l'p lie Vlt»r.   v> indi'lg load,
Hui; tomorrow we may b**
At the l.ii- in con.pai'y.
FARMERS' PRODUCE GO.
Organization   Being   Effected   in
This Territory.
(Appears   To   Be  The'Desire cf
Everybody.
On short notice another citizens'
in' cling w;,s held at tbe city hall on
Mo-.iiiay evening and was ijuiU' Isr^e-
aUend-id. S .[.• rvisor David Ward
whs th- chief push in Horking up the
ma-ter "yid he n"s '.'en quietly g&tb-
■-r-r.g information to lay before the
m 'C'ing. Sorer da? s ::jo he < ailed
n Mr. O'Ke" fe of Saginaw, owner
j upo
of t ne   (-am
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Adult Dept , Mrs. H. H. Class; Snpt.
of Ele'mentary Dept., Mrs. Linda
("lark; Supt. cf Temperance Dept.,
Mrs Albert Pitts; Supt of Purity
Dipt., Mrs. W. K   Shumway.
It seems   that   Clare   would   be   an
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and water rignts here,
btained some interesting figures in reference to the lighting
proposition here. For instance, the
books of Mr. O'Keefe show that from
,Ve   are   informed   tba%   as the re
Supt.   ot   Home   and   suit   of   several weeks' agitation and j ^^c  6 to Dec. 29, be sold the Consoli-
discussion among the farmers  of the j dated   Light   and   Power   Co.    22,970
adjoining parts of Clare and  Isabella ! kilowatts   at   1':,   cents   per kilowatt
excellent centre   for
organization.
third   distric
A. H. Gibbs, Co   Sec.
accurate throwing.
The High School girls played a
preliminary with a "scrub'' n-^m,
contenting themselves with 15 points,
while their opponets got the practice.
Cassius M.  Bush.
\ all went away satisfied. Perhaps :
i some may have felt that there was |
! too much of the old l.-elodies, yet I
'very   likely   others   may   have    been
pleased with that very feature.
Without going   into   details,   all   of :
the ladies did  well.      Miss   Brown   is
j something   of    an    artist    with    the
j violin   and   her  rendition   of    Annie !
: Laurie   was   fine.      As   a   soloist   too j
she is a success   and   Oid   Slack   Joe ;
was   given   with   tine    effect.       Miss
School News.
,, ... i Douglas Moonev
tUltor9 , Raymond Gorr "
Lee Pike has left the fourth grade.
Carl Smalley is absent on   account i
of sickness.
The   second     grade     are   sTudying
Greek myths.
Semester examinations this   week. |
Puyils    having   average   of   bo'v   are!
counties, a company tins been formed
io be known as th^ Farmers' Dide-
peii'iint Produce Co.
The objwt of course is to secure
better prices for farm produce of all
kinds by co-operation, selling direct,
and thus eliminating the middle men.
Such a concern, with proper management, is no doubt a good thing
anywhere.    It has b»cn tried at vari-
or for 84019". if we assume an aver-
afcrr price ot five cents per kilowatt
"harged cin/.t .:s for this, it wouici
amount to 811 IS.50 or a gross profit
of S71<; .">:', for less than a month.
The dam has a capacity of 29,961
kilowr.tts per day. This at five cents
per kilowatt would, at the cost indicated above, give a gross profit of
S1043.70   per    month.      Mr.   O'Keefe
varying reports of success or failure.
The officers are reported is follows :
It. B. Wiliiams, president.
Martin Eberbardt, secretary.
John Haring, treasurer.
John Hodkinson and Robt. Cochrane, trustees.
Cassius M. Hush   was   born   in
city of Owosso,  Oct.,   1S66, and  after,
spending his boyhood   days   in   that j Tbey   were   liberallv   appiauded   and
xwnship    of
life  in   Shiawassee
not requiredtotakethe examinations
Walter   Larman   nearly   broke   his! can's hall tomorrow   afternoon, Jan.
'"•larni   Monday.      Gravity    seized   him j 23, to which all f
and threw him down suiirs.
Both   basket    ball    teams   are   ex-j
pected to play at Midland    next   Friday  night.
The     Seniors
  ! arithmetic afte:
Clare Lodge No   ^33 I   O. O. F. and ; of fj,t.   ^u-
responded to frequent encores.
place,   ' moved    to   tbe
Garfield,   Shiawassee   Co.    with     his
widowed   mother   and   one    brother. ' j    <j   q   p   and Rebekahs  Install j
He grew to manhood there and sp«c.t j
almost his entire
countv.
At the age of   :
hav.
Clare Rebekah Lodge No. ltS7 I. O. O  b~.
held joint installation of officers last
Friday night. C. J. Grill, D. D. G. M.
install'd    the    officers-elect    of   the
George   D.   Lyford,   N.   G.
FARMERS1 MUTUAL.
Holds    Annual    Meeting
Elects   Officers.
And
The Farmers Mutual Insurance Co.
of Clar6, Osceola and Lake counties
held the annual meeting at Reed City
on Wednesday and elected officers.
Only a few from this county were
present as we are informed. L. W.
Sunday was reelected president, S
A. Johnson secretary and L. Adams
treasure. Jacob Myers was chosen
to succeed Arthur Long as director
in this county and Mr. Shin of Lake
county succeeds Mr. Fredenburg.
Tbe company is prospering as we
are informed.
Isn't That Getting Results?
Last week a party used our Information Column to advertise a pocket
book tbat was found last summer.
He had put off runninga liner, thinking the owner would '"turn up"
sometime. The next day atter tbe
linwr appeared a lady called by longdistance telephone and claimed the
pocket book, it was soon restored
to her, and now everybody is   happy.
Don't lose your pocket book bur by
all means use our Information
Column.
he married Miss
Eva Drake and to this union
were born four children, three of
whom survive bim; one son. Willard,
and and daughter, Lois, at home and
Mrs. Stankrouft of Albion, also bis
wife. He was a faithful husband, a
loving father and an hone3t mac,
holding tbe esteem of all who knew
him best.
Four years ago bo moved   to   Freeman township, Clare Co., starting on   G . Mr8
a   new   home  with   bis   family.     tie
.ject.
grammar fur tin
just     finished
a six  weeks'    review
They   will   take   up
next  six weeks.
Too bad   we
ball.
The   senior
havi    to
ous   points    in   Michigan,    and   with | w-" 3e"   a'1  his   interests in tbe dam
and rights pertsiniDg thereto for
SIS,000, and this could be paid from
the profits as above indicated in les»
than is months.
Joshua    Fuller    and    Dr.    Dunlcp
i were at Saginaw  on   Monday and in-
| terviewed Mr.  O'Keefe.     They   con-
i firmed   the   figures    given    bv     Mr.
'   Ward   as   shown  by   Mr.    OKeefe's
books.     They also brought from him
a    definite    proposition   to    S--I1     hie
rights   in   the   property   for    $18,0*H;.
i giving   the   city  an option of 30 days
in   which    to   accept.      Upon   notice
|»from him to the   Light   &   Power Co.
of   tbe   Reception   of   this   otter,   the
company wouid then bave 30 days in
which   to   accept   the   same olfer for
' ! purchase.      Cpon   their   failure to do
farmers   arc   invited.
Let Is Be Thankful.
Jour.
Dr. M. V. O'Strea in Wis
Education for Nov., 1913 i
I'he reports coming from principals !
acd superintendents indicate that the)
use of tobacco by high   scuoo"
Presley, V. G.; Paul  Miller Sec.
David Jennings Trsas.
Mrs. Phoebe HubeJ D. D. Pres. installed tbe officers-elect of the Re-
bekab lodge as follows: Mrs. D. La-
mont N.G.: Mrs. Joei T. Presley,   V.
and   Mrs.
,uit   basket   in this stat- is receiving   its   quietus. . go> thp ci   . coak) t^n ,,]Q^  rhe dea,
• I by a reasonable payment.    Of course
the   city   must   bond   if   purchase   is
made and all legal formalities strictly
1 • I three thousand or more words. Some   this year a smaller proportion of boys '
literature   class   have   has been eliminated;   but   the   school
subordinate      lodges      as     follows: | jU8t compieted an    original   story   of | men say   unqualifiedly   that rthere   is j
and
Rpby Bvba Treas.
served one year as highway  commis-,     ^ bout   150   members     and   lriends
sioner and was serving in the capaci-1 witneMed the   ceremonies.    Rev. Ly-
ty of township clerk whan   called   to j
the Home Beyond.
He left   us   without a murmur,
Though he suffered untold pain :
We will miss him aye forever
Till we meat him once again.
ford gave a short talk on tbe good
influence of Odd-Fellowship, following which an oyster supper was
served. AH went home at a late
hour feeling that an evening of the
new year had been well spent.
plots are very interesting.
In January some days are fair,
In February snow- fills the air.
In March the winds blow shrill,
In April blooms the daffodil.
In May to school we go.
In June warm winds blow.
I who smoke than there was last year.
We are just in receipt of a letter from
ja superintendent in a fair sized city
j who says that a few years ago a
i smoker in the high school would
! boast of tbe fact before his elass-
' mates, because be tbougbt it was a
| smart thing  to   do.     But   there   has
In July the farmer cuts   his   grain, I been   such    a   sentiment     developed
against the use of   tbe   weed   in   this
In August come showers of rain.
In    September    the
brown and red,
leaves    turn 1 school now that a boy is not reguard-
! ed a hero and   a   ciever   fellow   wben
COURT HOUSE NEWS
Appointed Postmaster.
Grant Howard, for several years
past supervisor of Winterfleld township and still holding that position,
has received tbe Appointment as
postmaster at Marion. Tbe Marioa
Dispatch speaks highly of Mr.
Howard's fitness for the piece.
Three or four of oar citizens got to
hankering for the taste of trout before the season opened, and Deptfty
Warden Pettlt fonnd it necessary to
ask them to pay a small fine this week,
to assist in getting tbe taste ont of
their months.
CURE COUNTY
PROEATE COURT; PROCEEDINGS
Estate of Cbaries Smock, drceased.
Proceedings for determination of
heirs. Order made declaring legal
heirs of deceased to be Florence E.
Mizer, Esther McRae and Leo Smock
Estate ofjRcyce Elistoc, a minor.
License for sale of real estate granted
to guardian.
Estate of Jacob Cooksou.deceased.
Proceedings for determination cf
heirs aud license to sell real estate.
License granted and order made declaring legal heirs to be Rebecca
Cooksou, Alfred, Arthur, Edward,
Idross and Elsa Cooksou.
Estate ot John Mark, deceased.
Will filed, with petition for its probate.    Hearing set for February 13.
Estate of Martha C. Pomeroy, deceased. Letters of Administration
granted to George H. Pomeroy.
Estate of Martin B. Macklem, deceased. Petition filed for appointment of Administrator. Hearing set
for February 26.
Arthur Long, Judge.
Dripping with maple syrup—that's;
the way the cakes will be at the j
men's supper.
In October the hungry mouse is fed.
In November   the   snow   begins to
fall,
December brings the winds, soraw
Third Grade.
Another Wreck.
Another wreck on P.    M.   the   first
he is ostentatious about his smotcing.
The superintendent says that in another year or two smokers in the
h'^h school will be scarce, and they
will have to do tbe thing on the
quiet. This may be a too optimistic
view of the case; but it is certainly
comforting and encouraging to learn
that tbe practice in the high   schools
Review Of The War.
 \ ! of the week but   fortunately   without ! la declining instead of gaining gro
I   loss of life.    We have no   particulars j Don't let up on it, friends,   until
We invite your attention to a
review of the European war
wbich occupies nearly an entire
page of this issue and which
includes events up to Jan. 1,
1H15.
This is the biggest war in
history, and it is weii to look
back now and then in order to
realize just what has taken
place and what the extent of
the conflict has been-. The
story is by Capt. Kilmer, late
of the U. S. army and will
prove interesting reading, we
believe.
without ' 'B declining instead of gaining ground
you
' of the matter but understand   that it ! dnve iC 00t 6lick and cleaD'
[was a first class case of   "head-end"
. collision, a   case in   which    a   man's
t head came in sharp collision with the
I icy walk.     For full details ask   P. M.
Will  Have Fine Hall.
Loom is
Convention   Call.
In this issue will be found the cail
! of the county committee for the
I spring convention. It was called in
| this city on account of the poor train
.service to Harrison. It was felt that
! a far better representation would be
' had if held at this place.
Craw ford-Pruden.
Work has lately been going fcr-
! ward on the hall which Hon. A. J.
! Doherty is remodelling to take the
place of the old opera bouse, and
i about all that now remains to
put it in shape for use is the decoration of the walls. A man is expected   here   to   begin   this   work   at
1 adhered    to   that     bonds   could    be
| readny negotiated.
Some little feeling developed in
the meeting, all, or neariy all, due to
a misunderstanding. We think it
would have been far better if Mayor
Adams had read all the correspon-
dencewith Mr. O'Keefe at the former citizens' meeting. That would
in a large measure have prevented
this misunderstanding. However,
criminations and recriminations are
useless. A vote of thanks was given
everybody^, and the question now is
to all get together and do unitedly
what is best for tbe city.
We believe we   correctly   interpret-
sentiffcent when we say tL.at our citizens witb practical unanimity desire
a municipal plant.    We judge tbe future by the past.      The  fact tbat this
dam   has   stood   for   years   and went
out only under   conditions   that   had
j not existed   before   within  the mem-
I ory  of   tbe   oldest   inhabitant  would
j indicate that no serious   chances   are
taken   in   its   purchase.      We do not
' believe   the   voters   will   demand   aa
i opinion   from   some   high priced expert before they  will   vote favorably
on    the   bonding   proposition.      The
opinion   of   our   own   engineer. John
White, will satisfy them.
The council on the same evening
appointed a committee cocsi6linj£ of
Aids.   Hubei   aid   McNeill to invest!-
At tbe Cong, parsonage in Ciare,
Monday evening, Jan. 18th, Miss
Pansy Crawford was united in marriage to Mr. Frank H. Pruden, both
from tbe village ol Temple. We extend congratulations.
once.
When completed this will be one-t Kate the power plant on the river
! of the finest halls of its kind to be j and report to the council, when an-
! found anywhere, and will be a dis- j other citi28n8' meeting will be held.
! tinct credit to the city  as   well   aa to
Mr. Doherty. He has very kindly
I offered to conate its use for one
i evening to   the   Eaatern   Stars,   who
ihtend   to   bave   a  dance   about  the
middle of February.
The proceeds of the   party   will   be
placed   to  tbe  credit  of   a   building
fond, which they started at tbe  time
of their fair jest before the holidays.
Farmers Institute
At Clare
Thursday and Friday. Jan. 28-29
Men Will Give Supper.
Quite a little stir ie being created
about town over tbe pancake sapper
wbich the men are arranging at the
M. E. church parlors next Wednesday night.
They promise something a little different than has ever been given, and
tbe event bids (air to be a feast of
fan as wall as a feast of food. The
orchestra Is getting limbered up
ready to do Its share and a men's
chorus in some big song bits Is a
probable feature. The personnel of
tbe kitchen and dining-room staff Is
sufficient gaorantee that tbe physical
wants will be well taken care of.
Midwinter Meeting.
The State Horticultural Society
holds its midwinter meeting at Muskegon Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb.
2 and 3. An excellent program is being prepared and some of the sub
jecte in the interest of tbe frnit industry will be bandied by experienced men in the business. For pro-.
gram address, Robt. A. Smith, Secy .
Benton  Harbor.
Card Of Thanks.
We wish to thank oar many friende
and neighbors for their kindness, and
assistance through tbe sickness and
death of onr beloved son and brother
also wish to thank the M. E. Choir
and Rev. W. J. Coatee for their service*.
Ralph Stevens and Family.